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Longmont, CO, United States of America

Miniscribe Corporation

USPTO Granted Patents = 19

CIPO Patents = 1

Forward Citations = 431

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36 inventors (with patents filed for the assignee):

James Joseph Touchton (2 out of 23 patents)

Walter Wong (2 out of 37 patents)

Daniel R Zaharris (2 out of 9 patents)

4. John Jay Freeman (2 out of 5 patents)

5. Raymond E Sarraf (2 out of 2 patents)

6. William Repphun (2 out of 5 patents)

7. Roy A Applequist (2 out of 2 patents)

8. Richard M Altobellis (2 out of 2 patents)

9. Robert F Hoppe (2 out of 2 patents)

10. Christopher Anthony Pollard (1 out of 27 patents)

11. Louis J Shrinkle (1 out of 26 patents)

12. Richard W Morris (1 out of 3 patents)

13. John P Squires (1 out of 19 patents)

14. Todd David Baumann (1 out of 6 patents)

15. Richard Rupp (1 out of 1 patent)

19 patents: Sort by Forward Citations

1. 5023736 - Magnetic latch for disk drive actuator (1991-06-11),

2. 5012371 - Disk drive crash stop/actuator latch (1991-04-30),

3. 4967291 - Method and apparatus for preventing an over-velocity error condition of (1990-10-30),

4. 4956831 - Low acoustic noise head actuator (1990-09-11),

5. 4949206 - Crash stop for rotary disk drive actuator (1990-08-14),

6. 4924337 - Disk drive servo shield (1990-05-08),

7. 4922169 - Method and apparatus for driving a brushless motor (1990-05-01),

8. 4903157 - Electromagnet-actuated head latching apparatus (1990-02-20),

9. 4878136 - Track crossing detector (1989-10-31),

10. 4870525 - Method of mounting flexure arms on a cast rotary actuator (1989-09-26),

11. 4868470 - Apparatus and method for detecting a true average of N signal samples (1989-09-19),

12. 4807054 - Transducer support assembly having laterally offset flexures (1989-02-21),

13. 4775908 - Moving magnet actuator (1988-10-04),

14. 4746997 - Method and apparatus for generating/detecting and address mark (1988-05-24),

15. 4658308 - Method and apparatus for retracting head and braking motor of a disc (1987-04-14),

Miniscribe Corporation was a manufacturer of disk drives founded in 1980. The company developed industry-leading technology for high-capacity hard drives in the 1980s before declaring bankruptcy in 1990 due to financial mismanagement and fraud. Despite its downfall, Miniscribe made significant contributions to the data storage industry.

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USPTO Data Jan 1 1976 - Dec 30 2025

19 Patents

#16 in Longmont, CO

#330 in Colorado

#16,629 in US

#31,713 in the World

Longmont, CO, United States of America

Miniscribe Corporation

Forward Citations = 431

36 inventors:

James Joseph Touchton (2 out of 23 patents)

Walter Wong (2 out of 37 patents)

Daniel R Zaharris (2 out of 9 patents)

4. John Jay Freeman (2 out of 5 patents)

5. Raymond E Sarraf (2 out of 2 patents)

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